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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: What if I Talk About Race Wrong? - Chapter 6: Is Police Brutality Really About Race?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Oluo always respond when people asked her about the success of So You Want to Talk About Race soon after the book's publication?
(a) She said she was waiting to hear from her literary agent.
(b) She said it was a secret.
(c) She said that only time would tell.
(d) She said she did not know.

2. Oluo became angry when she discovered that a particular hip-hop artist had a concert booked in which Washington city?
(a) Tacoma.
(b) Seattle.
(c) Vancouver.
(d) Spokane.

3. Over how many hours did Oluo engage with her coworker online the evening of the described altercation?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

4. What is NOT a trait of her own writing that Oluo mentions as something she gave her readers that many other writers did not offer?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Authenticity.
(d) Utility.

5. What is NOT an adjective Oluo uses in the Introduction to describe the process of writing So You Want to Talk About Race?
(a) Eye-opening.
(b) Grueling.
(c) Heart-wrenching.
(d) Painful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Describing her first conversation with her mother about racism, Oluo states that it had opened up a new way of taking what action in relation to her mother?

2. In Chapter 2: What is Racism?, Oluo discusses a coworker who posted a meme suggesting that recipients of welfare be forced to take what action before receiving benefits?

3. What adjective does Oluo use in the final sentence of the Introduction when she discusses being "a part of this conversation" (17)?

4. In what location does Oluo have a difficult conversation with a male friend in Chapter 1: Is It Really About Race?

5. Oluo insists at the end of Chapter 3: What If I Talk About Race Wrong? that it is crucial that in the fight for social justice, we disregard our what?

(see the answer key)

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